First-Year Saint Mary’s Swim Teams Fall at Cal a Day After Historic First Men’s Win

First-year Saint Mary's College swimming wrapped up a back-to-back weekend in the East Bay on Saturday, falling to California at Spieker Pool in Berkeley by scores of 172–68 in the women's meet and 158–87 in the men's meet.

The Gaels arrived in Berkeley just 24 hours after the Saint Mary's men's team secured the first dual-meet victory in program history on Friday with a 146–140 triumph over UC Santa Cruz.

Cal Women Win 12 of 14 Events

Against the first-year Saint Mary's roster on Saturday, the Cal women won 12 of 14 events to notch their first dual-meet victory of the season.

Cal junior Finley Anderson swept the backstroke races, taking the 100-yard backstroke in 53.48 seconds and the 200-yard backstroke in 1:55.92. Junior Camille Henveaux recorded the fourth-fastest 1,000-yard freestyle time in Cal program history, winning the event in 9:33.15.

Three Cal freshmen also posted individual victories in the women's meet:

• Halle West won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:46.58.
• Rylee Erisman won the 500-yard freestyle in 4:40.25.
• Kelsey Zhang won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:00.63.

Bears Men Sweep Individual Events

In the men's meet, Cal won every individual race and opened with a one-two finish in the 200-yard medley relay on the way to the 158–87 final.

Cal junior Freddy Klein captured two individual victories, winning the 1,000-yard freestyle in 8:55.92 and the 200-yard individual medley in 1:48.86. Senior Roman Jones recorded the only sub-20-second sprint of the afternoon to win the 50-yard freestyle in 19.72 seconds, while senior Keaton Jones won the 200-yard backstroke in 1:40.00 — more than 11 seconds ahead of the field.

In the 100-yard butterfly, Cal claimed the top seven spots overall, led by junior Michel Arkhangelskiy's winning mark of 45.88 seconds. Cal next travels to Indianapolis for the College Swimming League postseason Nov. 5–6.